Under Princess Caroline's unwavering stare, Xu Yi felt rather awkward and could not help turning away.
But the instant he turned his head, Princess Caroline's hand shot out like lightning. She pinched the flesh at his waist and gave it a hard twist.
Caught off guard, Xu Yi hissed in pain and turned to stare at Princess Caroline in astonishment.
Wasn't this the infamous waist-pinching move girlfriends used to punish their boyfriends, the one he had so often seen in books and on television back on Earth?
The problem was, Princess Caroline wasn't his girlfriend at all. What was she putting on this act for?
Besides, he had never heard of such a custom on the Sains Continent. Where had she learned it...?
Before Xu Yi could ask, Princess Caroline gave a resentful snort. "And to think I was eagerly waiting in my room for you to come last night, only to spend the whole night listening to you and that pretty slave of yours carrying on in bed. Hmph! President Xu, who would have thought that beneath that upright, high-minded exterior, you were so vigorous in bed? You kept going until so late that I had to listen all night and couldn't sleep properly either. Tell me, how are you going to make it up to me?"
Xu Yi did not know whether to laugh or cry as he looked at Princess Caroline's betrayed expression. Were the walls of the City Lord's Manor really that bad at blocking sound? Caroline had actually heard everything he and Linda had done in bed last night from the room next door.
No wonder she had looked so resentful the moment she saw him today. That was how she had found out.
Count Samo had deliberately put him and Princess Caroline in neighboring